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Compulsive Gambler | Torn Between Two Men
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Budget 2,075,000 USD
The role of Armand de Glasse was first offered to Kirk Douglas, who turned it down in order to make the independent film Champion (1949), for which he was Oscar-nominated.
Deborah Kerr was initially scheduled to co-star with Gregory Peck. Then Lana Turner was slotted for the role, and then withdrawn from the production due to her extended European honeymoon with Henry J. Topping, Jr. Finally, Ava Gardner was cast in what turned out to be the first of three films to co-star the pair, along with The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) and On the Beach (1959).
This film was a flop at the box office, resulting in a loss of $821,000 ($10.2M in 2022) for MGM according to studio records. It did not even cover its negative cost, let alone distribution and advertising expenses.
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Melvyn Douglas' last film under contract to MGM. According to his autobiography, Douglas initially rejected this role, but eventually agreed to do it as a favor to MGM production head Dore Schary.
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